not deserving

Example Sentences

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“Frankly, they’re not deserving of prosecution,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

"It relayed back to me 'I'm not deserving of this chance' and I think there's so many situations and scenarios that actually still exist, a lot of those things haven't changed."

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

These comparisons may be an important cause of imposter syndrome—the suspicion that one is not deserving of one’s achievements.

From Scientific American • May 15, 2023

Otherwise, no matter who you date, you will unwittingly orient yourself toward being “good enough” to keep his attention, whether he’s good for you or not, of character or not, deserving or not.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023

Perhaps I was not deserving of these honors—I'm not urging that point—I am merely stating the facts which made my home in West Salem seem remote and lonely to me.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin